On-Campus Rape Research Papers

Introduction One second a student is at a college party having the time of their life but little do they know that the next moment could be the worst night of their life. This happened to a student attending Vanderbilt University. She was at a party and had not known she had been raped until she saw surveillance footage of two guys carrying her while unconscious. This is just one of the many stories of women in college campuses dealing with rape and sexual assault. The fear of trust and use of alcohol has increased the amount of sexual assaults and rapes on college campuses. In order for colleges to prevent this, campuses need to get more involved in sexual harassment courses, monitoring fraternity parties, and developing a on-campus hotline
More than 100 colleges and universities violated Title IX, a law against discrimination of gender, by underreporting the amount of rapes and sexual assaults on their campus. Around 63% of girls that are raped or sexually assaulted on campus do not report them or are scared to. Because of that, the number listed is lower than the actual amount of rapes that occurred. Colleges’ administration and police need to fix this problem in order to prevent this number from increasing more than it already has.
Explanation of Causes The main reason for the increase of sexual assaults and rape across college campuses is because of the overuse of alcohol. A survey that was given to college students came back with the response that 62% of the victims were drinking alcohol before the assault, also known as Incapacitated Rape. This makes frat parties the main suspect in the situation since that is
Some college campuses throughout the United States have implemented many useful courses for their students to take before or while attending college. For example, at Elon University’s students have to take and online course about alcohol's effect and relationships, The University of California offers an intervention plan, and Dartmouth students take courses every year on preventing and responding to these situations. Some schools have started to use Green Dot which is a violence prevention program for students. In 2014 a “...study by University of Kentucky researchers showed that the Green Dot program resulted in a 50 percent drop in sexual violence over five years…” These are just some of the listed activities schools do to prevent rape and sexual assault on their campuses, however most colleges and universities do not do anything. All campuses in the United States should require all students to take an online course before entering college and attend a prevention class during their first week on campus. This will help give knowledge on what to avoid and how to act if in or witnessing this situation. Women in college will be able to gain trust in administration, police, and others. To avoid incapacitated rape, campus police should be required to